PROTECTING SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE

The hierarchical technical organization of the past is giving way to t he immediate technical needs of the individual business units. Rs busi ness teams become the dominant structure in today's corporation, manag ement must have a strategy to maintain the technical excellence inhere nt in the former technology organization. Although the importance of t hese values may not be immediately apparent to the non-technical leade rship of the specific business groups, there could be serious long-ter m consequences should these values be compromised. For this reason, Ol in's Chemicals Research Center has taken steps to ensure the maintenan ce of technical excellence and scientific values in a restructured env ironment.